Star Trek Beyond Second Trailer

Trending News: The Second Trailer For Star Trek Beyond Is Way Better Than The First In This Way

Why Is This Important?

Because this trailer will definitely get Trekkies amped up.

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After critical and disappointed reviews from its first trailer released back in December, the second peak at Star Wars Beyond is far more what you'd expect. Still, don't expectit to crush it at the box office like that other famous franchise with 'star' in the title.

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Big fan of the Beastie Boys and all, but the use of "Sabotage" in the first trailer was, err, an awful idea. It's one thing to have comic relief and to be light-hearted, but the song made the third edition of the rebooted Star Trek movie franchise look like a complete joke.

The second trailer for Justin Lin-directed Star Trek Beyond is quite a bit different. It's gripping, pretty damn morbid and is the rollercoaster ride you'd expect from a summer sci-fi blockbuster, even though it doesn't tell us a whole lot abut the plot.

In the trailer, Captain Kirk, Spock, Scotty and the rest of the Enterprise are in deep against an enemy led by an unrecognizable Idris 'Deserves To Play James Bond' Elba. There's comic relief, romance (Spock gets in on it too) and lost of action — more what you'd expect from Producer J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Lin, who directed four of the Fast and the Furious movies.

The trailer was released during a fan event which featured the film's stars and Rihanna expressing her love for the franchise. "It was amazing to see this world I could never be a part but still felt so close to," said the gorgeous popstar and apparent Trekkie convert, as quoted by The Hollywood Reporter.

It was also announced that the movie's summer world premiere will take place at San Diego Comic-Con in an outdoor IMAX presentation accompanied by a live orchestral score, as reported by The Verge. Presumably, it won't be conducted by the remaining members of the Beastie Boys.

The highly-anticipated summer flick is set to hit theatres everywhere right smack in the middle of beach season on July 22.

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